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Despite posting a gain in the final month of the year, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index finished 2011 down 0.83%, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes. The index, which rose 0.53% in December and 5.79% in 2010, measures the performance of 100 of the world’s leading Shari’ah-compliant stocks.

In comparison, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index, which measures the world’s 50 largest companies, posted a 2011 loss of 1.49%; it registered gains of 1.88% in December 2011 and 1.99% in 2010.

In Europe, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Europe Titans 25 Index, which measures the performance of the 25 the leading Shari’ah-compliant stocks in Europe, tumbled 6.80% in 2011 following a 0.65% increase in 2010; the Dow Jones Europe Index reported a 2011 loss of 14.15%. For December, the Dow Jones Islamic Market Europe Titans 25 Index slipped 0.33% while the Dow Jones Europe Index dropped 1.75%.

In the U.S., the Dow Jones Islamic Market U.S. Titans 50 Index, which measures 50 of the largest Shari’ah-compliant U.S. stocks, gained 3.98% in 2011 a year after it registered a 2010 gain of 5.74%; the U.S. blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 5.53% for the year. For December, the Dow Jones Islamic Market U.S. Titans 50 Index increased 0.90% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 1.43%.

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Dow Jones Indexes is a leading full-service index provider that develops, maintains and licenses indexes for use as benchmarks and as the basis of investment products. Dow Jones Indexes offers more than 130,000 equity indexes as well as fixed-income and alternative indexes, including measures of hedge funds, commodities and real estate.More...

Dow Jones Indexes is a leading full-service index provider that develops, maintains and licenses indexes for use as benchmarks and as the basis of investment products. Dow Jones Indexes offers more than 130,000 equity indexes as well as fixed-income and alternative indexes, including measures of hedge funds, commodities and real estate.

Dow Jones Indexes employs clear, unbiased and systematic methodologies that are fully integrated within index families. Dow Jones Indexes is the marketing name for CME Group Index Services LLC, a joint venture company which is owned 90 percent by CME Group Inc. and 10 percent by Dow Jones & Company, Inc., a News Corporation company.